Presentations

Astronomy 104.

Here are the presentations used in the lecture.

THERE ARE TWO CLASSES. 

THIS IS THE PAGE FOR THE MW 3:00-3:50 CLASS (SECS. 5-6-7-8). 

(For the 1:00-1:50 class, click here.) 

Click to download the PowerPoint presentations!

After each class the day's presentations  are posted here, with the quiz questions answered. 

Aug. 25,  Monday:
General intro.

Aug. 27, Wednesday:
The Universe

Sept. 3, Wednesday:
What is in the sky, Part 1.

Sept. 8, Monday:
What is in the sky, Part 2.
Constellations.

Sept. 10, Wednesday:
Magnitudes,
The Sun, Part 1.

Sept. 15, Monday:
The Sun, Part 2.

Sept. 17, Wednesday:
The Sun, Part  3.

Sept. 22, Monday:
Parallax.

TEST 1 HERE.

Sept. 24, Wednesday:
Absolute magnitude.
EM waves.

Sept. 29, Monday:
Light and matter, Part 1.

Oct. 1, Wednesday:
Light and matter, Part 2.
Spectroscopy, Part 1.

Oct. 6, Monday:
Spectroscopy, Part 2.

Oct.  8, Wednesday:
Spectroscopy, Part 3.
Hubble's law.

Oct. 13, Monday:
Stars.

Oct. 15, Wednesday:
Energy of stars.
HRD, Part 1.

Oct. 20, Monday:
HRD, Part 2.
Evolution, Part 1.

TEST 2 HERE.

Oct. 22, Wednesday:
Evolution, Part 2.

Oct. 27, Monday:
Disk formation; Remnants, Part 1.

Nov. 3, Monday:
Remnants, Part 2; Starbirth, Part 1.

Nov. 5, Wednesday:
TBA.

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